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Rudy, an American of Hispanic descent, whose south-of-the-border looks show him no mercy during an immigration raid in a migrant worker factory. As his luck goes, he is caught with neither money nor his ID and is deported to Mexico - without speaking a word of Spanish!
A frantic, wide-eyed performance captures the sheer panic of a man deported to a country where he cannot even speak the language. This satirical look at identity turns a bureaucratic nightmare into a riotous, neon-soaked comedy.
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Cheech Marin, Daniel Stern, Paul Rodríguez, Jan-Michael Vincent, Kamala Lopez, Alma Martinez, Tony Plana, Eddie Barth, Lupe Ontiveros, Ronald G. Joseph
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Born in East L.A.
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5.8/10
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Cheech Marin, Daniel Stern, Paul Rodríguez, Jan-Michael Vincent, Kamala Lopez, Alma Martinez, Tony Plana, Eddie Barth, Lupe Ontiveros, Ronald G. Joseph
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